The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that a judge on Thursday rejected 55-year-old Larry David Twigg's request to move his second trial out of Waterloo because of pretrial publicity.

Twigg was a Waterloo West High School computer teacher before he was convicted in 2011 of five counts of lascivious conduct toward a minor. In 2012, the Iowa Court of Appeals ordered a new trial, saying jurors shouldn't have heard about alleged prior incidents.

Twigg said his actions, which included having the student make up missed assignments by participating in bizarre activities while in his boxers, weren't sexually motivated.